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Christina Scheppelmann, currently artistic head of Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, will become Seattle Opera’s new leader in summer 2019.
Classical Music

Seattle Opera to become 1 of only 2 big opera companies in the U.S. led by a woman

Christina Scheppelmann, currently artistic leader of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, will become the fourth general director in Seattle Opera's 56-year history and one of only two women to lead a large-budget opera company in the U.S.

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Ornate seats at the Grand Illusion, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, in Seattle. On the screen is actor Mickey Rourke in “9 1/2 Weeks,” which is being tested to an empty house to see if the DVD is projection-worthy. If so, the theater would get permissions to show the film from the 1980s. 204209
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Music & Nightlife

John Prine performs during the Americana Honors and Awards show Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski) TNMH142

ZooTunes summer concert lineup starting to take shape

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Television

2 hats are better than 1: Mendoza happy with ESPN, Mets role

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Mendoza has heard the ribbing. An ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" analyst since 2015, she added a part-time role last month as a New York Mets baseball operations adviser. "OK, you work for the Mets, we can't talk to you anymore," she recalled hearing from teams during her spring training rounds,...

Theater

Tiler Peck, (l) plays the young Marie in the Play “Marie.” The cast for “Marie” rehearses at 5th Avenue Theater Friday, March 15, 2019. Sets are onstage and performers are in costume rehearsing. “Marie” is a big-deal musical coming to the 5th Ave Theatre with big Broadway names and aspirations attached. 209622 209622

Can Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre score another hit with Broadway-bound new musical ‘Marie, Dancing Still’?  VIEW

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Christina Scheppelmann, currently artistic head of Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, will become Seattle Opera’s new leader in summer 2019.

Seattle Opera to become 1 of only 2 big opera companies in the U.S. led by a woman

Visual Arts

All styles of art work is on display at the inaugural art exhibit of ARTS at King Street Station, a display of works by some 200 indigenous artists and others showcasing some 280 works. The gallery is on the 3rd floor shared by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture. The show officially opens March 23 and is on view through August 2019. 209631

ARTS at King Street Station, and its inaugural exhibit, democratize what an arts space can be  VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

The Lower Granite Dam near Almota Washington is the first of four dams on the Snake River as the river flows west from Idaho toward the Tri-Cities and the Columbia River. The Snake River, between Idaho and the Tri-Cities, provides water and transportation through a series of dams to bring products, grown with water from the river, to market. Photographed on February 6, 2019.

Breaching Snake River dams could save salmon and orcas, but destroy livelihoods

Dance

Tiler Peck, (l) plays the young Marie in the Play “Marie.” The cast for “Marie” rehearses at 5th Avenue Theater Friday, March 15, 2019. Sets are onstage and performers are in costume rehearsing. “Marie” is a big-deal musical coming to the 5th Ave Theatre with big Broadway names and aspirations attached. 209622 209622

Can Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre score another hit with Broadway-bound new musical ‘Marie, Dancing Still’?  VIEW